Halter



Feb. 24, 1931. '0'. c. JoHNsbN HALTER Filed April 1, 1929 Orr/lilac (@lzhson l Patented Feb.- 24, 19 3 1 1 UNITED ST TES};

. ORVILLE' c. .ionnson, on AURoR-A, ILLINOIS,:AssreNonlro -Johnson innen nenrnn .V'HALTER Application filed April 1, 1929. iseria i Nb. 351,508; 1

This inventionrelates to a rope orcord halter and constitutes an improvement upon the halter disclosed in my Patent No."

1,138,115. In the halter disclosed invsaid patent, the chin piece constitutes a portion of the cord that goes to make up the'halter proper; As the chin piece is frequently dipped into the water when the horse is drinking or is dipped into the feed box, it soon deteriorates and decays, with the result that the life of:

the halter is greatly reduced.

It is an object of this invention to overcome the objections above noted and to this end the halter is so designed that the main portion of the cord does not form a chin piece; a *separate chin piece of difierent material that will not-readily deteriorate being used for such j chin piece. In the present case, the formation of the cord is such that the nose piece constitutes an integral part of the halter proper with the chin piece connecting the ends of the same. as will more fully hereinafter appear.

This invention comprises the .novel structure and combination of parts hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out and defined in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment of this invention and in which similar reference numerals refer to similar features Y in views: V

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an animals head wearing a halter involving this the different invention Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary elevational view of a portionof the halter showing the nose piece and chin connected relation.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the throat connections to the chin piece.

Figure 4 is a front elevational view of the throat connection to the chin piece.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the connections between the nose anc cheek piece with the chin piece.

Figure 6 is a front elevational View of th structure shown in Figure'5.

Figure 7 is a plan view of a connecting anchor.

piece in their 1t is clamped to the branch 4 by means of In refe'rring drawings, will be I V noted that the halter with; the exception. of theichin piece, is made from a, single-piece of cord ,or rope and.appropriateclamps. I

through'the eyelet-5 of alclamp and eyelet member 6 and-passes aroundthe shankof the eyelet memberand backthrouglrthe eyelet 5 and overth'e nose ofthe horse forming the nosepiece fi. a The; nose piece '6" then passes through a second" clamp -5 fof a combined clamp andjeyelet member similar to the clamp and eyelet member 5-6 before described and around the shank of said eyelet member and then extends upwardly to form the cheek piece, and aloop extendsthrough an eylet 3f on ,the anchor member, 3,. and around the shank thereof. The return branch of the rope after extending through the eyelet3.. isidesignated by the reference numeralf 8, The; branch-8 passes] down through a buckle9 and through an-eye1et10 anglesto the plane of the fringportion. The branch 8 passes around the shank of the ring member ll and then returns through the eyeletlOforming a branch 12 which also passes through the buckle 9 and extends through the lower end of the buckle 2 where the double clamp member 13. It will be noted that the buckle 2 is secured to the branch 12 of the rope between the ends of the double clamp 13. V

chain 14 that is therebetween and connected The chin piece of the halter is' a short V of a ring member 11; the eyelet being at right i at its ends to the ring members 6 and passes through the ring 11. This ring 11, of course,

affords attachment for any suitable halter lead.

It will be obvious thatthe rope halter involving this invention can ibe easily and quickly assembled and adjusted.* The adjustment ofthe headstall is quickly efiected by'shifting the free end of the rope 1 through the buckle 2 thereby increasing or decreasing the head stall as desired; [The threat i latch can be quicklyadjustediby shifting the v buckle 9. On account of the independent 7 character of the chin piece 14, any injury thereto willnot affect the halter'gp'roper. In

the event that the chin piece should become .broken or Worn out, it may be readily. re-

placed by another. 1 This characteristic obviously avoids throWingthe haltenaway? should the chin piece breakf I-am aware that man; -cha-ng es may be made, and numerous. details of construction may be varied through a wide-rangewithe out'departing from the principles of this invention, andI'therefore 'do not purpose limiting the :patentgranted hereon, other- Wise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention; a

A halter comprising a single length of flexible material having one end secured by a clamp member, thence passing through an adjusting buckle to-a ring member Where it doubles back to 'form a throat latch and again passes through said adjusting buckle toan anchor member having a prong,

through said anchor'member to a clamp of an eyelet member for forming-a cheek piece, 1

thence to the clamp of a second eyelet member for forming a nose piece, thence to said first clamp member for forming a companion cheek piece, through said clamp member to said anchor member and return for forming a crown piece and loop for engaging the prong of said anchor member, the free end thereof passing through an adjustingbuckle associated with said clamp member, and a flexible metallic member connecting said eyelet members and passing through said ring member to form a chin piece.

In testimony WhereofjI have hereunto subscribed my name at San Diego, San Diego County, California.

ORVILLEC, JOHNSON. 

